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Since August 1, 2016 we've seen some drastic changes in buyer demand for real estate in Metro Vancouver*. While attached propeties continue to perform in strong seller's markets, In just over two months Metro Vancouver* Detached properties moved from accellerated seller's markets to buyer's markets, the only exception was in North Vancouver which is now balanced. While we have seen a slow down in sales for single family homes, we are not seeing the same for sales prices.

The median price of a single family home in September 2016 vs September 2015

North Vancouver 18% higher

West Vancouver 13.3% higher

Vancouver West 3.5% higher

Vancouver East 20% higher

Richmond 31.4% higher

Tsawwassen 29.6% higher

Ladner 17% higher

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Here are the highlights for September:

September 2016 Metro Vancouver sales dropped 9.6% below the 10-year-average for the month

Sales of North Vancouver Detached Properties were 50% lower than September 2015 with 56.3% more inventory

Sales of North Vancouver Attached Properties were 12.4% lower than September 2015 with 38.6% less inventory

Sales of West Vancouver Detached Properties were 66% lower than September 2015 with 12.5% less inventory

Sales of West Vancouver Attached Properties were 43% lower than September 2015 with 34.4% less inventory

Sales of Downtown Condo Properties were 26.7% lower than September 2015 with 10.9% less inventory

Market types in September 2016:

Metro Vancouver's Sales-to-Active listing ratio is the lowest since February 2015

Metro Vancouver's market type is a seller's market at 24.1% with 2.4 out of every 10 properties sold

North Vancouver Detached properties is a balanced market at 17% with 54 sales out of 311 listings

North Vancouver Attached properties is a seller's market at 61% with 127 sales out of 207 listings

West Vancouver Detached properties is a buyer's market at 6% with 23 sales out of 412 listings

West Vancouver Attached properties is a seller's market at 29% with 17 sales out of 59 listings

Coal Harbour Condos are in a seller's market at 39% with 24 sales out of 62 listings

Read your full reports here: North Vancouver September 2016, West Vancouver September 2016, Vancouver West September 2016.